Chapter 1267: Retirement

Guarantee? I'll guarantee your head.

Yang Nuolan snorted inwardly; this thing is just a rock, completely clueless about what it's saying.

Forget it; we're not of the same kind.

She got down from Yunxiao and sat back in her own chair.

The room returned to silence.

Not long after, on the moon, Yang Nuomi received the news that Yang Nuolan wanted to retire.

She settled matters on the moon and finally boarded the ship back to Lanxing.

But she didn't bring her man.

She went to see her sister, not to flaunt her man—though her man is excellent.

Yang Qingfeng also went to Kenting to welcome Yang Nuolan.

Chen Hong and the others weren't here; together with Yang Qing, they had no idea where they were now.

Yang Fan and the others stayed silent, and the rest of the Yang family didn't ask.

Yang Nuomi had returned hoping to see Yang Qing, but he wasn't there.

"Grandpa? Grandma?"

Faced with Yang Nuomi's question, Yang Qingfeng didn't give a direct answer.

"Wait for Nuolan to return, then ask her."

Yang Qing now relies on Yang Nuolan's technology to support him.

It requires a high-end team to support.

They might come out occasionally each year, but Yang Qingfeng truly doesn't know where.

Perhaps only Yang Fan, Yang Qihang, and a few others know.

Soon, more and more Yang family members gathered at home, with many of Yang Nuomi's generation arriving.

This also counts as a welcome.

By the time Yang Nuolan returned to Kenting, everyone had already gathered.

They gathered for several days, then slowly dispersed.

When most people had left, Yang Nuomi then asked Yang Nuolan about Yang Qing's condition.

"Sis, can I go see him?"

Yang Nuolan shook her head.

"Better not disturb him—his consciousness is very faint now."

"Each time he regains consciousness, it's a huge drain on him."

"Now Grandma can still meet him often in the virtual world."

"If we wake him again, who knows how much longer he can last."

"Until we find a way to immortality, this is the best outcome for now."

"In the end, if it's truly impossible, we'll carry out the final cryogenic plan."

"We'll wait for a technological breakthrough, then thaw him."

"Grandpa, although I don't care about any of this, I've long wanted to be free."

"But Grandma still wants to see more scenery, and we don't want a simple ending."

"So we finally decided to do everything we can to let him live longer, all the way to eternity."

Yang Nuomi was shocked.

"This is too cruel, Sis—isn't it too cruel for Grandpa?"

"Why won't you let him be free?"

Yang Nuolan's thoughts drifted to the past, recalling her compromise proposal that, once presented, gained everyone's agreement.

Actually, everyone has their own thoughts; if it were really as Yang Qing said—letting him go free—what would they do? What about future generations?

Nobody wants an end; who doesn't want immortality?

The family rules and precepts set by Yang Qing have imprisoned them all their lives; they don't want Yang Qing to control their final choices as well.

If possible, they want to see the future.

Many things cannot be spoken openly.

"Because we don't want a hasty end, and we don't want the rule Grandpa set."

"Moreover, the future is the era of great spaceflight; even farther ahead lies the interstellar era."

"Human lifespan has become a major constraint on human development."

"An interstellar journey might take decades or centuries; if humans lack sufficient lifespan, how could we undertake interstellar travel?"

"How could humanity become the master of the galaxy?"

"What Grandpa thinks isn't necessarily correct."

"We can't overlook his mistaken beliefs."

"Immortality is inevitable."

"Are these reasons enough?"

Yang Nuomi was stunned by Yang Nuolan's words, her whole mind reeling, and she plopped down onto the sofa.

This contains both human selfishness and noble righteousness.

Sometimes the truth is just this cruel.

"Unnecessary—is it necessary?"

She looked toward Yang Nuolan.

Yang Nuolan was already lying on the chair, her gaze also a bit dazed.

She was doubting her own actions.

Whether it was actually correct.

Hearing Yang Nuomi's questioning, she voiced her own question.

"You say, did Grandfather really need to throw you in back then?"

"Because of this, our family has become the laughingstock of the whole building."

"How many years have we been unable to lift our heads?"

"If it weren't for your own success, do you know what your life would be like?"

"Nuomi, our grandfather's cruelty far exceeds your imagination."

"He forced us to marry into the lower classes; did he ever consider us?"

"What kind of people surround us?"

"Have you never had a first love? Never experienced the innocence of youth?"

"Everyone just doesn't speak up; that doesn't mean there are no grievances."

Yang Nuomi almost went blank.

"Sister, are you taking revenge on Grandfather?"

Yang Nuolan did not answer.

But she felt she shouldn't.

"Grandfather led such a huge Yang family; he had no choice."

She had long stopped resenting Yang Qing.

She indeed made a mistake back then.

She made a mistake, yet she still managed to build such a huge enterprise.

But for those ordinary people, she might truly have ruined someone's life.

She had stayed among the lower classes, knowing their fragility.

After understanding these things, she realized that what Yang Qing did was not wrong.

The Yang family should maintain kindness toward the lower classes.

As for first love, marriage, romance?

Her current man is not bad; he is excellent, and without the Yang family name, she would not be worthy of him at all.

What else could she be dissatisfied with?

Here she and Yang Nuolan have developed a huge divergence.

Yang Nuolan is actually also quite suffering; hatred, revenge, possibly all of them, but the final decision was made by everyone.

Are there really that many people who hate Yang Qing?

It's not just a matter of hatred; it's that Yang Qing's expectations and the ideas of most people have produced a huge divergence.

Yang Qing's authority is also too heavy.

If we truly followed Yang Qing's demands, who in the future would break this precedent?

If not broken, would they be willing?

They are unwilling; now technological progress in the world is rapid, and human lifespan is also increasing quickly.

Everyone else is pursuing immortality; why do you insist on clinging to natural life?

Yang family members are ultimately ordinary people; they are not pure either.

They also have their own desires.

Especially now that virtual world technology is becoming increasingly mature.

Human life has become more colorful and varied.

The virtual world can satisfy all your wishes.

"If you want to be number one in the world, you can be number one; if you want many wives and concubines, you can have many wives and concubines; if you want to date Pan Jinlian, you can date Pan Jinlian."

Moreover, as society progresses, they can also gain more experiences.

Life is no longer just a single path; they can live countless lifetimes.

Life truly is wonderful.